diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 41bb9d262..5aa6fc45d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov with GitHub Action
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
 
+  build_wheels:
+    name: Build wheels
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        name: Install Python
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+        with:
+          platforms: all
+
+      - name: Build wheels
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v1.12.0
+        # env:
+        #   # configure cibuildwheel to build native archs ('auto'), and some
+        #   # emulated ones
+        #   CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: auto aarch64 ppc64le s390x
+
   containerbuild:
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 506f49166..873ae18a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ logprep.log
 examples/k8s/charts
 *.so
 target
+wheelhouse
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e853807f8..955a9940c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 ### Breaking
 ### Features
 ### Improvements
+
+* adds support for rust extension  development
+* adds prebuild wheels for architectures `x86_64 i686 aarch64` on `manylinux` and `musllinux` based linux platforms
+
 ### Bugfix
 
 ## 13.1.2
diff --git a/logprep/framework/pipeline_manager.py b/logprep/framework/pipeline_manager.py
index 7b374e78e..0c27d7348 100644
--- a/logprep/framework/pipeline_manager.py
+++ b/logprep/framework/pipeline_manager.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=logging-fstring-interpolation
 
-import ctypes
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import multiprocessing
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@
 from logprep.util.configuration import Configuration
 from logprep.util.logging import LogprepMPQueueListener, logqueue
 
-libc = ctypes.CDLL("libc.so.6")
-
 logger = logging.getLogger("Manager")
 
 
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ def throttle(self, batch_size=1):
                 self.wait_time, int(self.wait_time * self.consumed_percent / batch_size)
             )
             # sleep times in microseconds
-            libc.usleep(sleep_time)
+            time.sleep(sleep_time / 1000)
 
     def put(self, obj, block=True, timeout=None, batch_size=1):
         """Put an obj into the queue."""
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 73b8d0f8c..aed049f10 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["logprep"]
+package-dir = { "" = "logprep" }
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 fallback_version = "unset"
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ dev = [
   "responses",
   "jinja2",
   "maturin",
+  "cibuildwheel",
 ]
 
 doc = [
@@ -145,3 +146,12 @@ extend-exclude = '''
 
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel]
+build = "cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*"
+skip = "*pp* *i686*musl*"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
+archs = "x86_64 i686 aarch64"
+before-build = "curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y"
+environment = 'PATH=$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH'
diff --git a/rust/lib.rs b/rust/lib.rs
index 1779a7d5f..de1024aff 100644
--- a/rust/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;